Meanwhile, Johnny Boychuk missed the morning skate today at the TD Garden due to flu-like symptoms. So it looks like Andrew Ference will make an early return from his lower-body injury and play against Columbus after missing two games. Daniel Paille could also get back in the lineup after missing three games with a broken nose. Those decisions will be made at game time, head coach Claude Julien said.

Finally! It seems like MTL fans are finally calm enough to not burn down their city if Chara isn’t being investigated. Is it possible, nay probably, that sanity will come to Montreal for the first time in 101 years?